Martin Svoboda

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”

“That’s the best thing about being dead. It’s like being stupid. It’s only painful for others.”

“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”

“In real life, I'm a really smiley person. I smile when I talk and I laugh.”

“I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.”

“Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that.”

“There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.”

“Truth is simple. Very simple – so simple that a child can understand it. In fact, so simple that only a child can understand it. Unless you become a child again you will not be able to understand it.”

“Being on the edge isn’t as safe, but the view is better.”

“Just because you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right.”

“People who criticize you have usually never achieved anywhere near what you have. Most of them would be too scared to even try. Keep going.”

“Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.”

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.”

“Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult.”

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”

“If you can laugh in the face of adversity, you’re bullet-proof.”

“If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.”

“Some people won´t love you no matter what you do and some people won´t stop loving you no matter what you do. Go where the love is!”

“Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.”